- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Klinisk forsøg NCT07652151
UNMASK: UNveiling the Pathobiology of Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) for the Discovery of Novel Therapeutics and biomarKers (UNMASK)
11. juni 2026 opdateret af: Fundación Pública Andaluza para la gestión de la Investigación en Sevilla
UNMASK Study Protocol V2.0
Overall design: The study will include one intervention based on Mediterranean diet plus structured lifestyle intervention (150 min/week of moderate-intensity or 75 min/week of high-intensity exercise) for a total of 16 weeks. Following a screening period of up to 12 months, eligible participants will be included in a single cohort.
Study details include:
- Study duration will be up to 36 months including the screening period.
- Intervention will be up to 16 weeks.
- Visit frequency will be every 4 weeks for the interventional period and every 12 weeks during follow-up.
Studieoversigt
Status
Rekruttering
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
The UNMASK trial is a multicenter (Spain, Italy and Turkey), prospective, open-label lifestyle intervention based on tailored caloric restriction and monitored exercise.
UNMASK aims to prove that the amelioration of MASLD at systemic and hepatic levels will be parallel to the improvement in our selected biomarkers.
Given the known challenges with diagnosis and staging of MASH when using histopathological assessments of liver biopsies, the study will evaluate various blood-based non-invasive biomarkers.
Non-invasive tests will be performed to asses endpoints.
UNMASK includes a single arm in which patients undergo lifestyle changes, chiefly through the prescription of Mediterranean diet and physical exercise.
Undersøgelsestype
Interventionel
Tilmelding (Anslået)
450
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Kontakter og lokationer
Dette afsnit indeholder kontaktoplysninger for dem, der udfører undersøgelsen, og oplysninger om, hvor denne undersøgelse udføres.
Studiesteder
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Roma, Italien
- Ikke rekrutterer endnu
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS. Internal Medicine and Liver Transplantation Unit
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Kontakt:
- Luca Miele
- Telefonnummer: 00390630154469
- E-mail: luca.miele@policlinicogemelli.it
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Seville, Spanien
- Rekruttering
- Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío de Sevilla
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Ledende efterforsker:
- Manuel Romero-Gómez
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Kontakt:
- Manuel Romero-Gómez
- Telefonnummer: +34954786587
- E-mail: mromerogomez@us.es
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Kontakt:
- Luis Calzadilla-Bertot
- E-mail: luis.calzadilla@ciberehd.org
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Underforsker:
- Luis Calzadilla-Bertot
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Underforsker:
- Rocío Gallego-Durán
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Ankara, Tyrkiet (Türkiye)
- Ikke rekrutterer endnu
- Hacettepe University
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Kontakt:
- Yasemin Balaban
- Telefonnummer: +90 533 234 4232
- E-mail: ybalaban@hacettepe.edu.tr
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Deltagelseskriterier
Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
- Voksen
- Ældre voksen
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Ingen
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Metabolic disarrangements following ATPIII criteria (i.e. comorbidities such as Type 2 diabetes, central obesity, BMI≥>25 kg/m2, hypertension, dyslipidaemia.
- Written informed consent
- No dietetical counsellor/weight loss higher than 10% within the prior 6 months
- Age over 18 years old
- Liver stiffness measurement by Fibroscan ≥ 8, CAP ≥ 248 db/m and MRI PDFF ≥ 5%. ,
Exclusion Criteria:
- Significant alcohol intake (≥30 g/day in men and ≥20 g/day in women)
- Other causes of liver disease (evidence of viral or autoimmune hepatitis, HIV, drug-induced fatty liver or other metabolic liver diseases)
- Use of recreational drugs
- Decompensated acute or chronic liver disease
- Cirrhosis or transplant waitlist
- Pregnancy or parenteral nutrition
- No nutritional interventions, medications for weight loss or weight loss higher than 5% within the last year
- Presence of other comorbidities that would impact lifestyle intervention (i. e. prosthesis)
- Absence of a personal smartphone with a compatible operating system capable of supporting the Amazfit Bip 6 accelerometer app's functionalities: Android 7.0 or iOS 14.0, or later.
Studieplan
Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Behandling
- Tildeling: N/A
- Interventionel model: Enkelt gruppeopgave
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / Behandling |
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Eksperimentel: Multimodal lifestyle intervention
Mediterranean diet (MD) rich in olive oil, nuts and coffee, combined with structured exercise through a lifestyle intervention (LSI)
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Mediterranean diet plus structured lifestyle intervention (150 min/week of moderate-intensity or 75 min/week of high-intensity exercise) for a total of 16 weeks.
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Steatosis response
Tidsramme: From baseline to month 16
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Defined as a 30% decrease in MRI-Proton Density Fat Fraction (PDFF) and CAP assessed by Transient Elastography
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From baseline to month 16
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Fibrosis regression
Tidsramme: From baseline to month 16
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>20% reduction in liver stiffness measured by MRE.
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From baseline to month 16
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MASH resolution
Tidsramme: From baseline to month 16
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According to the non-invasive composite tool MASH Resolution Index (MASH-RI) (Stine et al Hep Comm 2025)
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From baseline to month 16
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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% Change in Weight
Tidsramme: From baseline to month 16
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Weight measured in kilograms
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From baseline to month 16
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% Change in Waist Circumference
Tidsramme: From baseline to month 16
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Waist Circumference measured in centimeters
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From baseline to month 16
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Change in Patient Reported Physical Activity
Tidsramme: From baseline to month 16
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Assessment of patient reported physical activity using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).
IPAQ classifies individuals into five categories based on their total Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) minutes per week.
Low physical activity: Less than 600 MET-minutes/week; moderate physical activity: Between 600 and 3,000 MET-minutes/week; or high physical activity: More than 3,000 MET-minute/week
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From baseline to month 16
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Change in Patient Reported Diet Habits by MEDAS Questionnaire
Tidsramme: From baseline to month 16
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Assessment of patient reported diet habits using the MEDAS questionnaire, a 14-item questionnaire of Mediterranean Diet adherence.
Score lower than 9 means low adherence to Mediterranean Diet, and score equal or higher that 9 means good adherence to Mediterranean Diet.
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From baseline to month 16
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Det er her, du vil finde personer og organisationer, der er involveret i denne undersøgelse.
Publikationer og nyttige links
Den person, der er ansvarlig for at indtaste oplysninger om undersøgelsen, leverer frivilligt disse publikationer. Disse kan handle om alt relateret til undersøgelsen.
Datoer for undersøgelser
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Studer store datoer
Studiestart (Faktiske)
20. januar 2026
Primær færdiggørelse (Anslået)
1. november 2026
Studieafslutning (Anslået)
1. februar 2027
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
11. juni 2026
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
11. juni 2026
Først opslået (Faktiske)
16. juni 2026
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
16. juni 2026
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
11. juni 2026
Sidst verificeret
1. maj 2026
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- UNMASK-EPPERMED2024-496
- EPPERMED2024-496 (Andet bevillings-/finansieringsnummer: ISCIII under the frame of EP PerMed)
Lægemiddel- og udstyrsoplysninger, undersøgelsesdokumenter
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